Elite Series stop on Pickwick Lake

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When fishing Pickwick Lake, often billed as the "Smallmouth Capital of the World," would an angler bother to target largemouth bass?

Absolutely — and expect both species to be in play at the April 6-9 Alabama Charge, the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament out of Florence, Ala. That, at least, is what happened in the 2010 version of the Alabama Charge, when largemouth bass commanded a starring role in Kevin Short's(Above) 75-plus-pound win, but several other top finishers keyed in on smallmouth.

The largemouth of Pickwick are prolific. Hundred-bite days are not just campfire tales. In the April 2010 tournament won by Short, no Elite Series angler failed to bring in a limit on any of the four days of competition.

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